PCB Design Software [Archive] - Overclockers Forums

cold.nut

02-03-12, 09:44 PM

i am looking around for some reviews on Free PCB CAD software. thought i would get the communities preferred choices.

what do you guys use? :shrug:

Seebs

02-03-12, 10:08 PM

Eagle seems to be the SW of choice for the guys that design their own PCBs here. I know at least of three guys that use it.

This post shows example of a PWM fan controller PCB designed by a member here laid down by another member using Eagle.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7077214&postcount=1119

petteyg359

02-03-12, 10:17 PM

The computers in the EE labs here all have Eagle on them...

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_EDA_software

Bobnova

02-05-12, 04:13 PM

Eagle has a freemium license that is pretty good.

cold.nut

02-06-12, 10:41 PM

thanks guys :thup:. i got the Eagle freeware. i am going to start learning FPGA and designing boards to work within the FGPA environment.

Los Frijoles

03-05-12, 02:08 PM

One note I would like to add: Eagle is my favorite program for making PCBs, but I have found that the size limitation is kind of annoying at times. Aside from paying to upgrade to one of the professional licenses, another good alternative is gEDA. It is a little more difficult to use, but there are some pretty good tutorials and I have managed to switch over almost completely.